Tropescilloscope: Mundane Made Awesome

Ordinary, mediocre and everyday tasks made EPIC. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Downer Ending The Un-Reveal Redshirt Army The Hero Dies Spiritual Successor Make It Look Like an Accident Determinator aka: The Determinator Naïve Newcomer Fantastic Racism Dramedy Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Faking the Dead Adults Are Useless Offscreen Moment of Awesome Earn Your Happy Ending Artistic License – Gun Safety The Quiet One Film Noir Disney Villain Death Ambiguously Gay Improvised Weapon Diabolus ex Machina Dramatic Gun Cock Soft Glass Heterosexual Life-Partners One-Man Army Historical Hero Upgrade Market-Based Title The Stinger Loophole Abuse Fake Shemp Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Silence Is Golden Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Did Not Get the Girl Hypocritical Humor Slashed Throat Precision F-Strike Alliterative Name The Remake Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Contrived Coincidence Parental Abandonment Noodle Incident Twist Ending Killed Mid-Sentence Love Triangle Man on Fire Badass Boast Those Wacky Nazis Evil Sounds Deep Hero Antagonist Despair Event Horizon The Dreaded Ambiguous Ending A Minor Kidroduction Belligerent Sexual Tension Pre-Asskicking One-Liner The Starscream The Dog Bites Back Henpecked Husband Insane Troll Logic Heel Realization Time Skip Revenge Award-Bait Song Bald of Evil Real Life Writes the Plot All Just a Dream Faux Affably Evil Author Appeal Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Impaled with Extreme Prejudice All for Nothing Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Five-Man Band Would Hit a Girl All There in the Script Dogged Nice Guy Evil-Detecting Dog Cat Fight Yandere Framing Device Daddy's Girl Big Fancy House Never Found the Body Older Than They Look Kill It with Fire Bad "Bad Acting" Last-Name Basis Those Two Bad Guys Enemy Mine Sealed Evil in a Can Karma Houdini Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Break the Cutie Ugly Guy, Hot Wife The Mole Creator Cameo Woman Scorned Vampire Fiction La Résistance Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Air-Vent Passageway Documentary Dwindling Party Poor Communication Kills Dissonant Serenity Guile Hero Smoking Is Cool Retired Badass Italian Films Race Against the Clock Pretty in Mink Only Sane Man Non-Indicative Name Disappeared Dad Affectionate Parody Men Are the Expendable Gender Closed Circle Fire-Forged Friends Trailers Always Spoil Refuge in Audacity Bound and Gagged Gory Discretion Shot The Ace Does This Remind You of Anything? Rule of Cool Jitter Cam Foil folderlabel You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Nothing Is Scarier Rasputinian Death Ms. Fanservice Psychological Thriller Beware the Nice Ones Depraved Bisexual Military and Warfare Films Wicked Cultured Action Girl The Bad Guy Wins One Steve Limit Skewed Priorities Abhorrent Admirer Took a Level in Badass Brick Joke The Atoner Exact Words French Films Blood Knight Good Is Not Nice Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Beauty Is Never Tarnished No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Body Horror Not So Different Room Full of Crazy Black Dude Dies First Deadpan Snarker Fanservice Eyepatch of Power Bland-Name Product Madness Mantra Film Noir Index Ambiguous Disorder Due to the Dead Tagline Made of Iron Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Pimped-Out Dress Central Theme Villainous Breakdown Rule of Three Not What It Looks Like Informed Ability Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Bury Your Gays Daylight Horror Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Adapted Out The Smart Guy Straight Gay Famous Last Words Sinister Minister The Chessmaster The Alcoholic Getting Crap Past the Radar Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Humans Are Bastards Death Glare Reasonable Authority Figure Leave the Camera Running Overly Long Gag Lock and Load Montage She Cleans Up Nicely Amusing Injuries Bunny-Ears Lawyer I Want My Beloved to Be Happy The Power of Love Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Sadistic Choice Rule of Symbolism Spiteful Spit All Men Are Perverts Agony of the Feet Mundane Made Awesome What the Hell, Hero? Left the Background Music On timeperiod Red Shirt Dark Action Girl Broken Aesop Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Heroic Sacrifice Ax-Crazy Parental Neglect Japanese Films Coming-of-Age Story Broken Pedestal Arc Words Adaptational Heroism Insult Backfire Super Strength Drugs Are Bad Dying Moment of Awesome All Girls Want Bad Boys Tap on the Head Adult Fear Animal Title Index Homage Sports Stories Light Is Not Good Cluster F-Bomb Four-Temperament Ensemble Cloudcuckoolander Adaptation Distillation Call-Back Bad Boss Sacrificial Lion Meaningful Background Event Bring My Brown Pants Hollywood Darkness Line-of-Sight Name Kick the Son of a Bitch Chase Scene The Vamp Covers Always Lie Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Shoot the Shaggy Dog Token Minority Science Fiction Films Annoying Younger Sibling Romantic False Lead Berserk Button Fatal Flaw Deal with the Devil Made of Explodium Unreliable Narrator Face Death with Dignity Historical In-Joke He Who Fights Monsters Truth in Television Cain and Abel From Bad to Worse Mercy Kill Our Vampires Are Different Black Comedy Eye Scream Shell-Shocked Veteran Butt-Monkey Evil Brit Cassandra Truth Translation Convention Genre Shift Instant Death Bullet Death by Adaptation Chewing the Scenery Distracted by the Sexy Small Name, Big Ego Stealth Hi/Bye Implacable Man Big Applesauce Crapsack World Smug Snake No Name Given Anachronism Stew Villain with Good Publicity Catch-Phrase 20 Minutes into the Future Pre-Mortem One-Liner Pragmatic Adaptation As the Good Book Says... I Did What I Had to Do B-Movie Anyone Can Die Taking You with Me Expy Manly Tears Blood from the Mouth Roaring Rampage of Revenge Femme Fatale Country Matters Brainless Beauty Our Zombies Are Different Stalker with a Crush Dirty Coward Plot Hole Villain Song Chekhov's Gunman Gilligan Cut Deliberate Values Dissonance Big Eater Improbable Aiming Skills Male Gaze Very Loosely Based on a True Story The X of Y Tempting Fate Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Obviously Evil Serious Business Every Car Is a Pinto Blackmail As Himself Extreme Doormat Batman Gambit Spanner in the Works Jerk with a Heart of Gold A God Am I I Need a Freaking Drink The Chick Badass Normal Manic Pixie Dream Girl Dirty Old Man The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Crucified Hero Shot Suspiciously Similar Substitute Novelization Corrupt Corporate Executive Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Moment Killer Male Frontal Nudity Mind Screw Scare Chord Sequel Hook A.I. Is a Crapshoot Your Head A-Splode Shirtless Scene Eagleland N-Word Privileges Romantic Comedy Heroes Want Redheads Martial Arts Movie The Reveal Reality Ensues Antagonist Title Narrator Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday The Alleged Car '80s Hair Word of God Shipper on Deck Extremely Short Timespan Not Even Bothering with the Accent Meaningful Name Canon Foreigner Dirty Cop In Medias Res Names to Run Away from Really Fast MacGuffin Playing Gertrude Big Bad Bar Brawl Badass Grandpa No OSHA Compliance Toplessness from the Back Character Development Vomit Indiscretion Shot Foreshadowing Ass Shove Taking the Bullet Darkest Hour Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Fish out of Water Shown Their Work Mama Bear Psychopathic Manchild Betty and Veronica Not So Stoic Even Evil Has Loved Ones Wounded Gazelle Gambit Demoted to Extra Neck Lift Chekhov's Gun Be Careful What You Wish For Ghost Fiction Australian Movies Have a Gay Old Time Fantasy Films Love at First Sight Mugging the Monster Sequel Escalation The Brute Music Stories Jerkass Has a Point The Musical And the Adventure Continues The Load Scenery Gorn Only One Name Villain Opening Scene Funny Background Event Attempted Rape Animal Motifs Badass Bookworm Tranquil Fury Bare Your Midriff Anachronic Order Intrepid Reporter Deliberately Monochrome Costume Porn Riddle for the Ages World of Ham Rule of Funny Re-Cut Composite Character Superhero An Axe to Grind Driven to Suicide Needs Wiki Magic Love Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Shower Scene Historical Villain Upgrade Plucky Comic Relief May–December Romance Canadian Movies Knight Templar Jerkass Irony Actually Pretty Funny Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Creepy Child Frame-Up Bloody Hilarious Peek-a-Boo Corpse Offscreen Teleportation Epic Movie The '50s Once More, with Clarity! Conspicuous CG Pyrrhic Victory Shut Up, Hannibal! Final Girl Dutch Angle Black Comedy Rape No Ending Decoy Protagonist Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Handicapped Badass Evil vs. Evil Psycho for Hire You Have Failed Me Early Installment Weirdness Random Events Plot Not So Above It All Jerk Jock Malevolent Masked Men Shout-Out Film Series Fiery Redhead Training Montage Wrong Genre Savvy She's Got Legs Unwitting Instigator of Doom Break the Haughty Even Evil Has Standards Auto Erotica Rewatch Bonus Works Set in World War II War Is Hell Evil Counterpart Pragmatic Villainy Hell Is That Noise Author Avatar Lighter and Softer Naked People Are Funny Woman in White "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Ironic Echo Alpha Bitch Obfuscating Stupidity Get Out! As Long as It Sounds Foreign Arranged Marriage Thriller Camera Abuse The Ghost The Dragon O.O.C. Is Serious Business Cold-Blooded Torture Video Credits Throwing Your Sword Always Works Overprotective Dad Armor-Piercing Question The Cavalry Mystery and Detective Films Gold Digger Dumb Blonde Hope Spot Fanservice Extra Silent Movie Bottomless Magazines My Beloved Smother Genre Throwback Creative Closing Credits Fourth Date Marriage Kill 'em All Storming the Castle Took a Level in Jerkass Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Politically Incorrect Villain Dark Reprise Dropped a Bridge on Him Recycled IN SPACE! Hero of Another Story Face–Heel Turn Expository Hairstyle Change Historical-Domain Character Camp Gay Children Are Innocent Worthy Opponent Self-Deprecation Imagine Spot Greater-Scope Villain Wretched Hive Parental Incest Almost Kiss Unspoken Plan Guarantee Slasher Movie Really Gets Around Vacation Films Slasher Smile Does Not Like Shoes Flipping the Bird Show Within a Show Bavarian Fire Drill The Film of the Book Scenery Porn Retirony Ascended Extra From Nobody to Nightmare Credits Gag Darker and Edgier Brutal Honesty Punch-Clock Villain Epic Fail Put on a Bus Ungrateful Bastard Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Half the Man He Used to Be Bloodless Carnage The End... Or Is It? Serial Killer Bittersweet Ending Stealth Pun Punny Name Artistic License – Geography The Faceless Book-Ends Sci-Fi Horror Posthumous Character Card-Carrying Villain Together in Death Would Hurt a Child Bait-and-Switch Comically Missing the Point Easily Forgiven Mistaken for Gay Off with His Head! Idiot Ball Artistic License – Military Death Seeker "The Reason You Suck" Speech Gorn Hidden Depths Kick the Dog Bi the Way Redemption Equals Death The Stoic Department of Redundancy Department Mood Whiplash Those Two Guys Obstructive Bureaucrat Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Reality Has No Subtitles Black Best Friend Action Survivor The Smurfette Principle Gender Flip Genre Savvy Abusive Parents Action Prologue I Have Your Wife Combat Pragmatist Artistic License – Law Kubrick Stare Suddenly SHOUTING! In Name Only Alas, Poor Villain Wham Line Bond Villain Stupidity Fan Disservice Death of a Child Horror Comedy Anguished Declaration of Love Up to Eleven Cat Scare Actor Allusion Gone Horribly Right Sexy Discretion Shot Badass Longcoat Boom, Headshot! Star-Crossed Lovers Unresolved Sexual Tension Married to the Job Biopic Danny Peary Cult Movies List Groin Attack Catapult Nightmare How We Got Here Chiaroscuro Parental Substitute Hooker with a Heart of Gold Jump Scare Oh, Crap! Artistic License – Physics Not Quite Dead Adaptational Villainy Guns Akimbo The Lost Lenore Grievous Bottley Harm Mr. Fanservice Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor In the Back An Aesop Police are Useless Deconstruction Whole Plot Reference Neck Snap Hong Kong Films Foregone Conclusion Public Domain Feature Films Bullying a Dragon Fatal Family Photo Drowning My Sorrows Cool Guns It's Personal The Sociopath Curse Cut Short Too Dumb to Live He Knows Too Much Awesome, but Impractical Honor Before Reason The Ditz Advertised Extra The Casanova Adaptational Attractiveness Failed a Spot Check Better to Die than Be Killed Cool Old Guy Death by Sex Meaningful Echo Important Haircut Drives Like Crazy No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Fainting Rousing Speech Mexican Standoff "Awesome McCool" Name Leitmotif Dressing as the Enemy Big Damn Heroes Take That! My God, What Have I Done? Stepford Smiler Crazy-Prepared Manipulative Bastard Badass in a Nice Suit Laughing Mad Double-Meaning Title Happily Married Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Heroic BSoD And Starring Artistic License – History Adaptational Badass Karmic Death Laser-Guided Karma Match Cut Mighty Whitey Interrupted Suicide Slap-Slap-Kiss Monumental Damage Eureka Moment Freudian Excuse Arch-Enemy Based on a True Story Fingore The '60s Not Using the "Z" Word Captain Ersatz Continuity Nod Mooks For Want of a Nail Spared by the Adaptation Hypocrite Hoist by His Own Petard The '70s Brother–Sister Incest Domestic Abuse Artistic License – Biology Rape as Drama As You Know Defiant to the End Nice Hat Big Bad Duumvirate Real Life And I Must Scream Sole Survivor Corpsing Establishing Character Moment Stock Footage Take a Third Option Large Ham Black and Gray Morality Chekhov's Skill Hate Sink What You Are in the Dark Unusual Euphemism Fate Worse than Death Didn't Think This Through Ominous Latin Chanting Hollywood Law Curb-Stomp Battle I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Meet Cute Setting Update Early-Bird Cameo Morality Pet Grey and Gray Morality Sir Swears-a-Lot Red Right Hand Christmas Movies Index Damsel in Distress Humiliation Conga Disguised in Drag Celebrity Paradox Breaking the Fourth Wall Big "NO!" Pay Evil unto Evil Here We Go Again! After the End Television Movie Index Exactly What It Says on the Tin Red Oni, Blue Oni For the Evulz Protagonist Title Pretty Little Headshots I'm a Humanitarian Leaning on the Fourth Wall Back from the Dead Ripped from the Headlines The Place The '90s Action Genre Police Brutality Suspiciously Specific Denial Defrosting Ice Queen Apocalypse How Age Lift Bilingual Bonus Running Gag Cowboy Cop Rich Bitch Same Language Dub Motor Mouth The '80s My Greatest Failure Kids Are Cruel Retcon Big Brother Instinct Adaptation Expansion Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas The Mafia Properly Paranoid Funny Foreigner NO INDOOR VOICE Index of Film Westerns Deus ex Machina Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Demonic Possession Ship Tease Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism "Shaggy Dog" Story Disney Death Broken Bird Manchild A Date with Rosie Palms The Stoner Paper-Thin Disguise Anti-Hero What Happened to the Mouse? Insistent Terminology Dramatic Irony Vitriolic Best Buds A Father to His Men Hair-Trigger Temper Sanity Slippage Bond One-Liner Call-Forward Say My Name British Films Victoria's Secret Compartment Cool Shades Cruel and Unusual Death No Celebrities Were Harmed Mr. Exposition Adaptation Name Change Determinator The Bully Your Cheating Heart Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold One-Word Title Amoral Attorney Roger Ebert: Great Movies List No Antagonist Totally Radical Evil Is Hammy Beard of Evil BFG The Great Depression Maybe Ever After Cool Old Lady Race Lift Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Never Trust a Trailer Dual Wielding Undying Loyalty This Is Gonna Suck Red Eyes, Take Warning No-Sell Calling the Old Man Out Stuff Blowing Up Pet the Dog Friend to All Children Cool Car Bloodier and Gorier Bowdlerise Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Intergenerational Friendship Anti-Villain It Will Never Catch On Bolivian Army Ending Captain Obvious Missing Mom "Well Done, Son!" Guy Russian Films The Big Guy You Killed My Father The Cameo Spell My Name with an "S" The Oner Disproportionate Retribution Authority Equals Asskicking Unusually Uninteresting Sight Accidental Misnaming Asshole Victim Accidental Murder Evil Plan Crazy Jealous Guy Reality Is Unrealistic Red Herring Product Placement Everyone Has Standards Adorkable Scary Black Man More Dakka Flashback Beta Couple Knife Nut Well-Intentioned Extremist Major Injury Underreaction Aluminum Christmas Trees Heel–Face Turn Wham Shot True Companions All There in the Manual Stylistic Suck Outrun the Fireball Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Loads and Loads of Characters Adaptation Dye-Job Developing Doomed Characters Dark and Troubled Past It's All About Me Gratuitous English There Is No Kill Like Overkill Villain Protagonist Death by Irony Logo Joke Empathic Environment German Films Dark Is Not Evil Rated M for Manly Visual Pun Only Known by Their Nickname Villain Ball Papa Wolf Evil Is Petty Dull Surprise Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Soundtrack Dissonance Eiffel Tower Effect Big-Bad Ensemble The Voiceless Let's Get Dangerous! Destination Defenestration Mad Scientist Never My Fault Sassy Black Woman Animated Credits Opening Immune to Bullets Mythology Gag Only in It for the Money Nice Guy Horror Films Drill Sergeant Nasty Eldritch Abomination Becoming the Mask Gainax Ending An Arm and a Leg Only a Flesh Wound Lampshade Hanging Vomit Discretion Shot Title Drop Freeze-Frame Bonus Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane It Can Think Babies Ever After Car Fu Dies Wide Open Reckless Gun Usage Fat Bastard Facial Horror Green-Eyed Monster The Lancer Aside Glance Casting Gag Affably Evil Off-into-the-Distance Ending Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Double Entendre Improbable Weapon User The Hero Zombie Stories Evil Laugh Fun with Acronyms Blatant Lies